It was first held in 2004. Who was Jackie Robinson? Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when he started at ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2018. We present it here as Major League Baseball celebrates ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on the 78th anniversary of when he broke the color barrier in ...

April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, marking the milestone in 1947 of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier and joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. To celebrate the day, Major League Baseball stepped in ...

4. In high school, Jackie Robinson played on a baseball team with other future Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Bob Lemon. Robinson attended John Muir High School, where he was placed on the Pomona ...

2009 — Every player in Major League Baseball wears number 42 today on Jackie Robinson Day, in honor of the anniversary of ...

The Yankees earned a fitting 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Jackie Robinson Day, celebrating the impact of No. 42 ...

In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, MLB The Show 25 is adding a new Program, Charity Packs, and two new Storylines for players ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when ... the only one universally retired by all major league teams. Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson is photographed on April ...

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals team members arrive to celebrate Jackie Robinson Tribute Day before a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being ... and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 championship team. He was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of ...